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Ugly wagons (Audi's competition)
As I am reading the new review of the A6 Avant V6 twin turbo in my new Car and
Driver, I noticed how the car almost looks like it was meant to be a wagon.
Why? Well, it all comes down to how these car manufacturers turn a sedan into
a wagon. If you look at the Saturn wagon, or the Tarus wagon, you will see
they keep the rear doors and C pilar out line intact to save money, and in the
process, it looks awful....like a home built project.
The Audi wagon looks great (some goes for the A4 wagon.) The rear doors and
the windshield have been redesigned to give it a great flowing shape that
looks like it was in the plans from the begining, not an afterthought like the
previously mentioned wagons. This gives me hope, since I am about to enter
the hell, er, I mean Happiness of marriage. When I'm forced to have kids, I
don't have to worry about an ugly wagon or worse yet, a testosterone robbing
minivan in my garage that says "no longer has sex or fun." Apologies to all
with minivans......
It also looks to be pretty quick, 0-60 in 7.3 for the manual. BUT, the auto
takes 10.5 seconds. What gives? How can Audi make an autobox that adds over
3 seconds to the 0-60 run? That is awful! My '90 90 is an auto box, but
still pretty quick. The A4 only suffers a 1 second drop in 0-60 time for the
autobox.
All right, enought out of me.....
/\ _I Christian J. Long (& Breeze Heller - soon to be wife!)
/ \ I_I I_I I Orlando, Florida, USA
University of Central Florida Alumni 1994
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'98 Audi A4 1.8T looking tough with 225/50-16
'96 BMW 318ti no mods yet....
'90 Audi 90 Still in the family
Past Audis: '84 CGT, '85CGT, '87.5 CGT, '90 CQ
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